Now that everyone is talking about the end of the season I am thinking about toys to get me thru the long winter. We might try to resurrect our tramp and I wanted to build a spin machine. I've had one experience with one, at West Coast Wakeboard Camp, which seemed homemade but really worked great. We tried to make an impromptu one with an old board (minus the fins) a handle and some weight hanging off the deck and a cutting board with soap on it to make it slippery. Lots of laughs but not much stability. Anybody out there know where I can get one of these or any tips on how to make a good one?? Thanks

Actually, and ironically, those have been around for quite a while, used by TRICK SKIERS. Those don't look like they have it, but most are set up to where you must balance on it, and then spin. Mainly training for spinning balance, it also trains you to get used to what you body does and where it goes during a spin. We used to get on them and see who could do the most ole' style spins until you flew off from going too fast. Indo boards work much better for training, I feel.

Thos ethings work incredibly well for learning to keep your axis. If you use a pretty heavy weight on the pulley you get a good simulation of the boat pulling against your handle pass. if you lose your axis it will throw you on your ass like off the wake.

Maybe something like a skateboard truck setup with a piece of steel or something rigid either above track or under depending on how you mount rollers, wonder how that would do? Might be gettin a little too crazy with it all could just turn out to be a puke machine!!!

Kenny, that's cool. Lets see some pictures. Thanks for all the ideas and photos. Besides balance and spin and handle pass practice, I found the relationship between my movement on the machine and subtle movements of the handle really helped me to understand why my board tends to slide out when I'm in the air, but I'm still pretty basic out there behind the boat so more experienced riders probably get all that already. But hey, what is an Indo board? Les

Kenny any luck in putting together the machine yet? If I am reading the previous posts correctly, you would also like to see the board move 3 to 4 feet laterally on rails while still being able to the the top board? If so I think I can desgin something that would do that. If you could clarify I will let you know what I come up with.